New laws call for lifetime asylum seeker ban

A 2014 image of asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea

A 2014 image of asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre, Papua New Guinea Source: AAP

The federal government wants asylum seekers - trying to arrive by boat - to be banned for life from entering the country. University of Sydney Researcher Gabriele Abbondanza reports.



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